Lam Son 719 was an operation into which country with ARVN and U.S. support?

Lam Son 719 was an operation into which country with ARVN and U.S. support?

• A. Cambodia
• B. North Vietnam
• C. Laos
• D. Thailand

Answer: (C)

Lam Son 719 was a cross-border push into Laos, conducted by South Vietnamese forces with American air and logistical support in early 1971. The aim was to strike the North Vietnamese Army’s logistics network along the Ho Chi Minh Trail that ran through southeastern Laos, in order to disrupt supplies moving into South Vietnam. That focus on Laos—the trail’s Laos corridor—makes Laos the best answer. It wasn’t a campaign into Cambodia or North Vietnam, and while it did include significant American support, the operation went into Laos to hit sanctuary areas there. The effort showed the difficulties of cutting a well-protected, adaptive supply line across borders, with limited strategic success and heavy ARVN losses.

Lam Son 719 was a cross-border push into Laos, conducted by South Vietnamese forces with American air and logistical support in early 1971. The aim was to strike the North Vietnamese Army’s logistics network along the Ho Chi Minh Trail that ran through southeastern Laos, in order to disrupt supplies moving into South Vietnam. That focus on Laos—the trail’s Laos corridor—makes Laos the best answer. It wasn’t a campaign into Cambodia or North Vietnam, and while it did include significant American support, the operation went into Laos to hit sanctuary areas there. The effort showed the difficulties of cutting a well-protected, adaptive supply line across borders, with limited strategic success and heavy ARVN losses.